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Apia

American  
[ah-pee-ah, ah-pee-ah] / ɑˈpi ɑ, ˈɑ piˌɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.


Apia British  
/ æˈpɪə, ˈæpɪə /

noun

  1. the capital of (Western) Samoa: a port on the N coast of Upolu. Pop: 41 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But the Financial Times reported an earlier version of the company's terms listed an office located in Apia, the capital of Samoa.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

In all, 32 embassies ranked in the highest category for climate disaster risk, from Apia, Samoa, to Valletta, Malta.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022

Judith Esmay Ah Leong, a general practitioner in Apia, Samoa’s capital, said doctors were shocked to discover “there were still people living off the grid and had no access to transport.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2020

I’d spent two months studying in Apia, the capital of the Pacific nation, with a group of 14 American students, learning about the resiliency of Pacific communities in the face of climate change and globalisation.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2020

So it happened in the harbour of Apia on March 16th, 1889.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

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